Found another fantastic cockpit video, from Narita to Saga Airport, totaling 1 hour and 20 minutes. The flight is LCC Spring Airlines’ IJ/SJO 601.

The aircraft registration is JA01GR, and the model is a 737-81D (B738).

The most exciting part is the final Arrival phase. How many orbits did they make? It was thoroughly satisfying to watch. So, I checked the Saga Airport charts hosted on this site and summarized the process. Please correct me if there are any errors.

58m 50s Start of Descent phase, seatbelt sign chime, PA announcement 59m 30s Flap 5 1h 01m 20s Right turn orbit 04m 10s Left Turn 07m 50s - 09m 10s Over Ariake Sea, above Omuta City, starting the left turn for VOR or ILS DME RWY29 Arrival, i.e., from Saga VOR (SGE) Radial 120 to 286 11m 10s Left turn for 30 seconds, entering Crosswind leg 11m 50s RWY11 entering Downwind leg 13m Flap 10, 15, 20 13m 30s Turn Base 14m 15s Final Turn 15m 42s Runway threshold 15m 50s Touchdown

By the way, after landing, the aircraft also performed a 180-degree turn on the ground. It turned around at the “RWY29” marking at the end of the runway, then taxied via East Apron to the West Apron entrance before exiting the Runway.

The Arrival at Saga Airport is so complex; the pilots really have it tough. I admire them greatly.

Postscript 1, September 21

Watching the video alone only gives clues about the approach Track at Saga Airport. One must combine it with the Track on flightradar24 to get the full picture, so I took a screenshot below. In the image, ANA455 landed directly on RWY29 due to wind direction. The video, however, flew a traffic pattern (Saga Airport’s ILS is only for RWY29). Nevertheless, the previous flight Track is still useful for reference.

Postscript 2, September 22 Today, I captured the Track of Spring Airlines flight IJ601 on flightradar24, which matches the route in the video.